The Edinburgh History Of Scottish Literature

Between 1707 and 1918, Scotland underwent arguably the most dramatic upheavals in its political, economic and social history. The Union with England, industrialisation and Scotland's subsequent defining contributions throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the culture of Britain and Empire are reflected in the transformative energies of Scottish literature and literary institutions in the period. This second volume of the "History" reveals the major contribution made by Scottish writers and Scottish writing to the shape of modernity in Britain, Europe and the world.